Your AI score,
interpreted by someone
who has lived it.
Complete the VTCDO AI Readiness Assessment before our session. Then spend 90 minutes with a former Fortune 500 CDO working through what your score actually means — and what to do about it.
$1,500 · 90-minute remote session · Includes one month of Executive Access to the VTCDO platform · 3-slide board summary delivered within 48 hours.A score tells you where you are.
It does not tell you what to do next.
The VTCDO AI Readiness Assessment scores your organization across nine dimensions of AI and data readiness — strategy, governance, data quality, use case maturity, value and ROI, and more. The output is structured, benchmarked against manufacturing peers, and board-ready.
What the tool cannot do is tell you what your score means for your specific operation, your leadership dynamics, your board's expectations, and your competitive position. That interpretation requires someone who has run a large data and AI organization — and has sat in the room when the board asked the hard questions.
This is not a generic AI consultation. The readout is anchored entirely in your assessment results. Every observation, gap identification, and recommendation is specific to what your organization told the tool — interpreted by someone who has been in your role.
Nine dimensions. One honest picture.
The AI Readiness Assessment scores your organization across nine dimensions that together determine whether your AI program is positioned to deliver board-level value — or whether it is producing activity without accountability.
AI strategy and vision
How clearly AI connects to your operating plan and business priorities
Data readiness
Whether your data infrastructure can support the AI decisions you are making
Technology and infrastructure
Platform maturity and integration across OT, IT, and enterprise systems
AI governance
Documented policies, accountability structures, and oversight mechanisms
Decision governance
Named ownership for AI-influenced decisions and escalation protocols
Talent and culture
Organizational capability and receptivity to AI-driven decision making
Use case maturity
Quality and prioritization of AI use cases in production and pipeline
Operational integration
How deeply AI is embedded in core operating decisions and workflows
Value and ROI
Whether AI investments are producing measurable outcomes boards can evaluate
Three steps.
One session. A board-ready output.
Book and receive platform access
After booking, you receive a personal email from Jay within 24 hours with a complimentary Executive Access code for the VTCDO platform. This gives you full access to the AI Readiness Assessment and all premium outputs for 30 days — no credit card required.
Complete the assessment before the session
The AI Readiness Assessment takes 5–8 minutes. Your Executive Access output includes your full nine-dimension breakdown, risk register, defined roadmap, regulatory exposure, and a board summary. Completing this before the session is required — it is the foundation for everything we cover.
90-minute readout with Jay
Jay reviews your results before the call and comes prepared with observations, questions, and context. The session works through what your score means, where your most significant gaps are, and what to prioritize first. A 3-slide board summary is delivered within 48 hours.
The platform output plus
the human interpretation layer.
Executive Access — 30 days
Full access to the VTCDO platform including the AI Readiness Assessment, AI Governance Readiness tool, AI Use Case Finder, KPI Blueprint Builder, and all premium outputs. Risk register, roadmap, board summary, and executive brief included.
90-minute expert readout
Jay reviews your assessment results before the call. The session covers what your score means in your specific context, which gaps are most urgent, and what a realistic 90-day improvement plan looks like for your organization.
3-slide board summary
Delivered within 48 hours of the session. Your maturity band, top three gaps, and a prioritized set of first moves — formatted for board presentation without requiring any additional work on your end.
Creditable toward a full guided AI Readiness Assessment engagement or EU AI Act Countdown Audit within 30 days if you choose to continue.
30 days Executive Access to VTCDO platform
Full nine-dimension AI Readiness Assessment
Risk register and governance gap analysis
Defined roadmap and regulatory exposure report
90-minute expert readout session
3-slide board summary within 48 hours
Feel free to forward the calendar invite to your COO, CFO, or a board member with AI oversight responsibility — the readout is richer with the right people in the room.
You do not need a crisis
to benefit from an honest external read.
- CDOs and CIOs who want to benchmark their AI program against manufacturing peers before a board conversation
- COOs who have AI initiatives in production but no structured view of governance or value delivery
- PE operating partners doing a first-pass AI maturity review across portfolio companies
- Executive teams preparing a board presentation on AI strategy who want an independent validation
- Leaders who completed the free AI Readiness Assessment and want expert interpretation of their results
Jay built the AI Readiness Assessment framework from the same nine dimensions he used to evaluate organizational readiness at Valmont Industries, Lamb Weston, and Belden. He has seen what a score of 38 looks like in a real plant, what a score of 67 looks like in a PE-backed industrial, and what it takes to move from one band to the next without losing the board's confidence along the way.
The readout is a peer-level conversation. Jay brings his own context to your results — not a generic framework applied to your numbers.
Board governance
Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College
CERT at Carnegie Mellon University
Invitation-only community of senior technology executives
"Jay has a unique ability to break down data and AI topics and make them relatable to the company at large. He shares his knowledge freely and selflessly — I have personally been the beneficiary of his generosity."
Joshua DixonPresident, CEO and Board Director · Industrial Manufacturing
15-year professional relationship across Belden and Valmont Industries
Ninety minutes.
A clearer picture than most boards ever see.
The assessment tells you where you are. The readout tells you what it means and what to do next.
Book the readout → (877) 417-1184 · inquiry@hawksroost.com